If you don’t feel good about it don’t buy it, keep looking just remember an old Boat of any make will need some love . Keep looking your boat will show up.
When you rub it between your fingers does it feel oily? How about smell? Also do you spray you motor down with any type of corrosion inhibitor like t9 or something similar? I use t9 and spray it down after a a good weekend trip and I see small puddles on my bracket .this is what I get from the...
looks like a 20yo boat. If your serious get it professionally surveyed, it is worth spending the money and can save you some major money and heartache after you purchase the boat and are stuck with it.
is there one on the opposite side? Do you have a hard top? looking at the first pic about you have that small type of tie down, i wondering if it was some sort of bimini or shade extension..and its pole holder for the canvas